The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-06-04

FeM Infants are part OF the human
family, and their sufferings and death
are to be accounted for on the ground
of their being involved in the general
moral ruin of the race"
The Auburn Declaration 1881 Sec. 5. High.
est doctrinal authority in the Presbyterian
church of this country.
Elect Infants Saved (by inference others
not saved. ELECT infants, dying in in
fancy, are regenerated and saved by
Christ through the Spirit, who work
eth when and where and how he pleas
eth."
Westminster Confession (which is taken for
substance of doctrine by all Presbyterian and
orthodox Congregational churches.) Chap. X,
Sec. 3.
Infants Lost unless Redeemed by the
Blood Of Christ and Regenerated By the
Holy Ghost. "All infants, as well as
adults, in order to be saved, need re-
demption by the blood of Christ, and
regeneration by the Holy Ghost"
Auburn Declaration, Sec. 8.
DEGREES; Fore-ordination; Everlasting
Death. "By the DEGREES of God, for the
manifestation of his glory, some men
and angels are predestined to everlast-
ing life, and others fore-ordained to ev-
erlasting death.''
Westminster Confession, Chap. H., Sec. 3.
All non elect persons and all Heather,
lost. 'Others, not elected, \ cannot
be saved much less can men, not pro-
Tossing the Christian religion, be saved
in any other way whatsoever, be they
never so diligent to frame their lives
according to the light Of nature, and
the law of that religion they do profess;
and to assert and maintain that they
may is very pernicious and to be de-
tested.n
Westminster Confession, Chap. X, Seed.
Sac'1fcial Atonenent. "As sin cannot
be pardoned without sacrifice, Christ
gave himself sacrifice for the sins of
the world, and thus made salvation
possible for all men,"
Confession of the Free-will Baptists, Chap.
VII, 1868.
God the Son dying to reconcile God the
Father. 1.-THE Son, who is the Word of
the Father, is the very and eternal God,
of one substance with the Father,
who truly suffered, was crucified, died
and was buried, to reconcile the Father
to us.'
Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal church,
Chap. l., Sea-
Instantaneous Regeneration Necessary
to SalUation. GAS man is fallen and
sinful being, he must be regenerated in
order to obtain salvation. This change
is an instantaneous renewal of the
heart by the Holy Spirit"
Confession of the Free-win Baptists. Chap.
XII, 1868.
Gods Wrath and Curse; an Endless
He'll. "All mankind, by their fall, lost
communion with God, are under his
wrath and curse, and so liable to all the
miseries in this life, to death itself, and
to the pains of hell forever"
Westminster Shorter Catechism ANSWER
to Question 10.
Eternal IOrnentS. 1.-THE souls of the
wicked are cast into hell, where they
remain in torments. n The wicked
shall be cast into eternal torments."
Confession of Faith of the Presbyterian
church, PIP. 16l and 1855.
Small Sins. "There is no sin so
small but it deserves damnation."
The Westminster Confession. Chap. XIV,
Art. 4.
The Bible Infalkble. "We believe
that the Holy Bible was written by
men divinely inspired, and is perfect
treasure of heavenly instruction; that it
has God for its author, salvation for its
end, and truth without any mixture of
error, for its matter"
The New Hampshire Baptist Confession
Art. L., 1888. This confession is more gener-
ally accepted than any other among Baptists
in this country.
Resurrection of the Body. "They [Con-
gregational churches] believe that the
bodies of the dead will be raised again."
Art. XIX. of Declaration of the Congrega-
tional Union of England and Wales. Printed
annually in the Congregational Year Book,
London.
Christ Assembled into Heauen, Body,
Flesh and Bones. "Christ did truly rise
from the dead, and took again his body,
wherewith he assembled into heaven"
Methodist Articles of Religion, Art III.
"Christ did truly rise from the dead,
and took again his body, with flesh and
bones, wherewith he assembled into
heaven"
Articles of Religion art I'LL of the Re-
formed Episcopal Church in America. Adopt
ed 1875.
Doctrines of all the Evangelical Churches.
The American Board of the Evangel-
ical Alliance, which represents all the
leading evangelical churches of this
country, adopted, in 1867, as it's doctri-
nal basis, among others, the following
doctrines "The utter depravity of hu-
man nature, in consequence of the fall"
"The justification of the sinner by faith